I am a hand quilter who loves designing my own quilts using different colour combinations, fabrics and pushing my limits with quilting designs. I love to challenge myself in all areas and I am taking on more and more different fabric challenges. Buntings are becoming a fun and quick sideline with lots of room for adventure. I also enjoy other crafts and cooking and gardening, this blog is a mix of my life and quilting happenings

Wednesday, 7 May 2014

Fun coasters

I had lots of fun this morning making these coasters!

So much fun in fact I thought it only fair to share how I made them, so here are my notes:-

Firstly I cut out six cirlces from my cream Kona solid and six cirlces of my fun print. I also cut six circles from a thin wadding. The circles were 5.5". I then used a gathering stitch and gathered the edge of the circle to pull the raw edges inward. I placed the batting within the bottom circle and pressed it flat.

I then did the same gathering on the plain Kona fabric and then placed it over the bottom so a small amount of the base was showing. I then pinned the centre.

After this I used 12wt Aurifil mako thread and did some fun big stitch quilting in the shap of a flower after I had stitched all around the circle.

Just like this

And here are my finished coasters which I have posted to my swap buddy. I have some coasters on the way to me and they should be here next week, I can't wait to receive them.

I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday. Please leave a comment on how your Wonderful Wednesday I would love to hear!